Paper pad



' (No Model.)

--S. J. CHADWICK.

PAPER PAD.

N0. 554,11Q. Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH a... 16% W1 hm v fir ATTORNEY.

ANDREW. EGRAKAM. FHOTO-LITNQWASM-NGIUN. DC.

. of the pad thus formed.

NITED STATES SARAH J. CHADIVICK, OF IIAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 554,1 10, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed October 21 1 8 9 5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SARAH J. CHADWICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iaverhill, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pads or blocks of paper, and its nature and object is fully set forth in the following description and accompanying drawings, in which drawings Figure 1 is a plan view showing one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a slightly-different form.

Pads have heretofore been made of sheets of paper detaohably secured together, and a common method of constructing them consists in bringing the edges of the sheets into alignment with each other and applying an adhesive material to one or more of the edges So far as I am aware,

- however, such adhesive material has never,

prior to my invention, been applied except along the outer edges of the pad.

In practicing my invention I arrange a sufficient number of sheets one upon another and punch a hole through the body of the pad formed thereby, to the inner walls of which hole I apply the adhesive substance which serves to detachably secure the sheets together. By virtue of this construction I obtain a pad which is susceptible of a number of new uses, some of which will now be explained.

A main object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive stand or support for dishes and similar articles, it being more especially intended for use with vessels containing hot liquids, such as tea and coffee pots, in such manner as to efficiently protect the table and its cloth from injurious contact with the hot vessel and from the moisture and drippings which often collect upon the outside thereof. It is also designed to retain the heat in such vessels as long as possible.

In the drawings, the numeral 2 represents such a support, composed of sheets of paper 3 secured together in the manner above described-'i. e., by means of an adhesive sub- Serial No. 566,295. No model.)

applied, and should be made from rather vheavy paper in order to prevent moisture from soaking through them. Blotting-paper glazed on one side is a good material, for the reason that the absorbent side thereof, which should be placed uppermost, acts to absorb any moisture which gets on it, while the under glazed side prevents such moisture from penetration to the next sheet.

By virtue of securing the sheets together at the hole 4, as described, the outer edges of the pad are made to present a uniform appearance, which is essential to the neat and tasteful appearance of the support and which is impossible when the adhesive substance is applied to said outer edges. Moreover, the outer edges of the sheets 2 being entirely disconnected from one another the removal of the sheets is thereby much facilitated. Any desired ornamentation may be given to the sheets 2, and they may thus be made to imitate various materialssuch as china, for example. top sheet becomes soiled it is torn off, thus leaving a fresh, clean surface for further use.

The bottom layer, 6, of my support may, if desired, be made of some material which is stiffer than the sheets 2-as, for instance, pasteboard-in order to give suflicient stifiness to the device when it is used down to the last few sheets.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a convenient form for my pad when made up of toilet paper, or shaving paper, or scratch paper for memoranda, the hole 4 serving as a convenient means for suspending the pad on a nail or similar support in addition to its normal fun 0- tion.

Other purposes to which my invention may be applied will be sufficiently obvious, it is thought, without further description.

Evidently more than one hole 4 may be employed in securing the sheets together, if desired.

I claim as my invention- In using my support as soon as the As a new article of manufacture, a pad In testimonywhereof Ihave hereunto subc0111prising a plurality of sheets of paper or scribed my name this 11th day of October, its equivalent, said sheets being perforated A. I). 1805.

and detachably secured together by means of SARAH J. OIIADVVICK. 5 an adhesive substance applied to the walls of 'Witnesses:

the hole or holes thus formed, all substan- ANGIE M. SARGENT,

tially as described. EVERETT 1'). CHAD'WICK. 

